Executive Assistant, Writer

MARISSA

L.

DÍAZ

New

York,

NY

•

210-***-****

•

************@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE

EuropaCorp

Los

Angeles,

CA

Worldwide

Acquisitions

Assistant

August

2014

–

November

2014

Supported

Head

of

Worldwide

Acquisitions,

Federica

Sainte-

Rose,

and

Director

John

Zois

•

Produced

internal

memos,

grids,

and

schedules

for

company-

wide

distribution

and

film

festival/market

department

books

•

Assisted

in

the

design

of

a

department

database

for

long

and

short-

term

script,

screener,

and

screening

submissions

tracking

•

Fox

Searchlight

Los

Angeles,

CA

Production

Intern

September

2013

–

May

2014

Covered

desks

of

Vice

President

DanTram

Nguyen

and

Director

Richard

Gold

•

Initiated

tracking

on

upcoming

and

recent

U.S.

specialty

Latino

content

films

with

budgets

under

$10

million

•

Analyzed

international

films

for

English

language

remakes,

provide

coverage

on

incoming

project

drafts,

articles,

specs,

writing

•

samples,

and

unpublished

Young

Adult

and

African

American

content

novels

Metro

Goldwyn

Mayer

Los

Angeles,

CA

Interim

Assistant

to

President,

Creative

Development

Intern

June

2013

–

August

2013

Covered

desk

of

President

Jon

Glickman

and

all

creative

development

executives

including

EVP

Adam

Rosenberg

•

Created

and

distributed

documents

for

weekly

meetings

regarding

production,

weekend

read,

and

projects

in

development

•

Fox

Searchlight

Los

Angeles,

CA

Worldwide

Acquisitions

Intern

April

2013

–

May

2013

Generated

festival

grids,

tracking

documents,

daily

film

reviews,

and

announcement

memos

for

festival

acquisition

considerations

•

Arranged

itineraries

including

travel,

lodging,

working

meals,

and

meetings

for

EVP

Tony

Safford

and

SVP

Ray

Strache

•

Managed

phones,

call

sheets,

script

coverage

needs,

and

prepared

expense

reports

•

Bravo

TV

New

York,

NY

Primary

Research

Intern

June

2011

–

August

2011

Created

viewer

surveys

and

provided

online

database

support

for

pilot

test

screenings

•

Analyzed

viewer

feedback

and

produced

presentations

for

programming

decisions

and

the

Bravo

brand

•

Sikelia

Productions

New

York,

NY

Intern

April

2011

–

June

2011

Executed

personal

runs

for

Mr.

Scorsese

and

the

editorial

staff

of

Hugo

and

George

Harrison

•

Managed

the

front

desk,

phones,

office

inventory,

expenses,

and

petty

cash

•

The

Weinstein

Company

New

York,

NY

Production

and

Development

Intern

September

2010

–

December

2010

Prepared

script

coverage

for

feature

films,

conducted

trailer

checks

for

The

King’s

Speech

and

Scream

IV

•

Performed

trailer

research

for

future

nation-

wide

film

and

television

marketing

campaigns

•

EDUCATION

The

Peter

Stark

Producing

Program,

School

of

Cinematic

Arts,

University

of

Southern

California

Los

Angeles,

CA

Master

of

Fine

Arts

Motion

Picture

Producing

May

2014

Frances

and

Ray

Stark

Scholar

Stark

Special

Production

Writer/

Director

Grant

Recipient

Robert

S.

Ferguson

Marketing

Award

•

Tisch

School

of

the

Arts,

Stern

School

of

Business,

New

York

University

New

York,

NY

Bachelor

of

Fine

Arts

with

Honors

Major: Film/TV

Minors:

Producing,

Entertainment

Business

May

2012

Summa

Cum

Laude

University

Honors

Scholar

Founders’

Day

Award

Dean’s

List

Young

Alumni

Leadership

Circle

•

LEADERSHIP

The

Central

American

Resource

Center

Day

Labor

Program

Los

Angeles,

CA

Volunteer

February

2014

–

Present

Teach

English

as

a

second

language

to

Spanish

speaking

Mexican

and

Central

American

day

laborers

•

Advise

participants

on

interview

techniques

and

resume

building,

advocate

for

immigration

and

education

reform

•

Fusion

Film

Festival

at

NYU:

A

Celebration

of

Women

Filmmakers

New

York,

NY

Festival

Producer

September

2011

–

May

2012

Coordinated

7

festival

committees

to

execute

and

create

a

detailed,

day-

to-

day

festival

workflow

and

schedule

•

Worked

closely

with

faculty

advisor

to

recruit

and

train

30+

festival

volunteers,

and

address

all

festival

production

needs

•

HONORS

Goldman

Sachs

10,000

Women

in

Business-

Awarded

to

25

undergraduate

women

pursuing

careers

in

business

and

entrepreneurship

Smithsonian

Latino

Center

Young

Ambassador-

Awarded

to

20

leading

Hispanic

artists

of

all

disciplines

SKILLS

Technical:

Proficient

with

Final

Cut

Pro,

Avid

Media

Composer,

Photoshop,

Final

Draft,

Movie

Magic,

FileMaker

Pro,

and

Microsoft

Office

Suite

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